New Report Details How Technology Can Ease Traffic, Reduce Oil Consumption and Harmful Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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As Americans prepare to travel in record numbers this
The report was unveiled at an event today at the
"Technology is a transformative force for good--and when it is used in connected cars and smart cities--it can help us reduce the amount of oil our country consumes, ease traffic congestion and the pain at the pump, and make our society more sustainable," said ITI President and CEO
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"Many of the technologies highlighted in the report offer a rare 'win-win' opportunity for the motoring public," said Managing Director of Government Relations & Traffic Safety Advocacy at
Experts pointed to these examples as success stories of technologies that can be adopted more widely, on a national scale, to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions:
* Vehicle Technologies: Adaptive cruise control, cooperative-adaptive cruise control, and cylinder deactivation are proven technologies that can reduce a vehicle's fuel consumption and emissions. Wireless connectivity triples the effectiveness of these technologies.
- Widespread use of cooperative-adaptive cruise control alone could produce savings of 110 million barrels of oil and 20 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions over a ten-year period.
* Traveler Information Technologies: Eco-cruise control and eco-navigation technologies using wireless Internet connections provide real-time traffic data, along with road geometry and elevation data, to compute the most efficient route.
- Greater use in the light-duty vehicle market could translate into fuel savings of 420 million barrels of oil and 70 million metric tons of carbon dioxide over a ten-year period.
* Infrastructure and System Operations: Widespread utilization of proven technologies like advanced robotics, computer science, and wireless communications improves the efficiency of our existing transportation infrastructure.
- If built out across the country, real-time adaptive signal control could translate into fuel savings of 117 million barrels of oil and 19 million metric tons of carbon dioxide over a ten-year period.
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- Plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles offer fuel savings equivalent to 409.8 million gallons per year and 361.5 million gallons per year, respectively.
- With current sales trends gas-electric hybrid vehicles represent the most significant potential fuel savings on the order of 2 billion barrels of oil and 170 million metric tons of carbon dioxide over a ten-year period.
Currently the U.S. transportation sector consumes fossil fuels on an enormous scale. In 2010 cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles and heavy-duty vehicles drove 3 trillion miles and devoured over 170 billion gallons of gas that resulted in the emission of 1.7 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide.
Click here (http://digitalenergysolutions.org/knowledge-center/case-studies/accelerating-sustainability-demonstrating-the-benefits-of-transportation-technology) for the full report "Accelerating Sustainability: Demonstrating the Benefits of Transportation Technology." More information about the panelists and video of the discussion will be made available and can be found by clicking here. (http://www.itif.org/events/accelerating-sustainability-demonstrating-benefits-connected-cars)
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The "connected car" space is one of the most dynamic sectors of our economy, sprouting new partnerships, business models and products every week. The merging of communications technologies and transportation is creating exciting opportunities to make us safer on the roads, reduce our carbon footprints, and improve our quality of life. Consumers are thrilled that their vehicles are becoming the "ultimate mobile devices" and in
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